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Danny Garcia's "Farewell to Brooklyn" ๐ฅ Event Promo Interview ft. Top Boxing News (IG), Clubber D (YT) & Josh (YT @86Boxing) & Sports Professor (YT @BALLandBUDS)
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Introduction and Special Guest Introduction
00:00:00
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What up friends welcome to ball and buds here on where are we at? This is new the millions Yes millions.co. We are here streaming live in preparation for the huge Danny Garcia farewell to Brooklyn fight for this saturday october 18th at 6 p.m eastern it is going to be a tremendous card and probably never seen any of us before these our first time so i am the sports professor from ball and historian
00:00:40
Speaker
86 boxing Josh and our special special guest today from the top top i keep wanting to say top rank top boxing news Ian what's good my brother how we doing today oh man I'm doing amazing I'm happy to be a part of your ah your guys's first stream on millions man and let's talk about this fight and it's gonna be great Yes, that is awesome. So, again, I mentioned your channel, but do you want to let everybody know, you know, the places they can find you or anything like that?
00:01:12
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Yeah, for sure. On Instagram, it's a at top.boxlynews. On TikTok, I believe it's the same, at top.boxlynews. And YouTube, it's just top.boxlynews. All right, there you go. And I know you cover all combat sports. is that correct? You do the boxing and a little bit of m MMA?
00:01:28
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Yeah, I do a little bit of MMA. You have an MMA partner? Okay. Yeah, the MMA, we're kind of getting it off the ground right now. it's ah It's a work in progress, to say the least. Yeah, no, that's awesome. All right, cool. Well, yeah, everybody, please make sure you subscribe on YouTube and everybody's channels. Tap in with them.
00:01:45
Speaker
Ball and Buds, B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S. Clubber D, it's pretty easy. Just Clubber D and 86 Boxing. That's pretty easy as well. And obviously top boxing news on Instagram. Get up with them.
Danny Garcia's Farewell Fight and Career Overview
00:02:00
Speaker
Well, I was going to say a YouTube channel. was going to a cowboy. All right. Cool. Let's get it started and kick this bad boy off. A tremendous card this weekend.
00:02:11
Speaker
Danny Garcia's farewell to Brooklyn card at the Center. This is a former two-division champion winding down his career. It will be co-promoted, or even I think it's fully promoted, by his own new boxing promotion, Swift promotion. So I'm sure we'll talk about all of that and we'll talk about the actual fight coming in. But this is what is supposed to be a retirement bout.
00:02:40
Speaker
ah For him on his long legacy of fighting, he has been relatively inactive over ah the past five years um with only four fights, but we'll talk about all of that.
00:02:52
Speaker
His lost last fight, a loss in September 2024. um uh to his londi lotta uh so right here he'll be facing jd gonzalez philadelphia fighter 10 round junior middleweight tilt um and we're looking at a very good show so we're going to talk about some of these fights here uh and get obviously all of these experts wonderful opinions um so we'll start with you ian since you are the special guest here how do you feel about this uh this overall weekend coming up
00:03:24
Speaker
Oh, man, it's ah it's tremendous. Looking at this being promoted by Swift Promotions, I think if you if you didn't tell me that this was being promoted by Swift Promotions and you just laid the card out for me and didn't mention a promoter, I would have thought it was BBC, top-ranked matchup. like The big dogs. This is a huge card. I mean, I'm looking at the list right now. Danny Garcia, Nahir Albright, Rashad Motti, Chris Colbert, Damian Kniema, Gabriel Rosado, Keith Colon.
Historical Significance of Barclays Center for Danny Garcia
00:03:49
Speaker
These are a ton of names on an absolutely loaded card. And I think the card itself is really ah an entry point for Swift Promotions. I got to talk to the president. Mike Farrell a couple weeks ago, and he said he's looking to turn this into like a a PBC type promotion. He wants to yeah know it's become one of the biggest promotions in the sport, and I think this card is a perfect entryway into announcing themselves in the ah and the boxing suit.
00:04:13
Speaker
Hey, that's insider information right there. Well, ah before we get a couple of questions from the general questions from the gentleman, from a historical perspective, how significant is Danny Garcia ah and choosing the Barclays Center for his farewell?
00:04:31
Speaker
Oh, man, Danny Garcia, I believe this will be his 10th fight at the Barclays Center. That's a record-setting 10 fights. this is He's made it his home over his boxing career. The amount of left-hook knockouts that Danny Garcia has had inside the Barclays Center is insane. And although he is not from Brooklyn originally, he has made it a second home. and i think He has, you know, ah the the Brooklyn fans have adopted Danny Garcia as a Brooklyn fighter, even though he's not originally from Brooklyn.
00:04:59
Speaker
And the Barclays Center, I mean, this is no, like, this is no, you know, i don't even know what I'm trying to say, like, it's no small venue. It's not a convention center. It's not a, it's not a, it's not part of a hotel.
00:05:13
Speaker
Yeah. It's not a little big, it's not a casino hall. This is a NBA arena. This is where the Brooklyn Nets play. I remember going to Brooklyn Nets games a couple of years ago with my parents when I was younger and to see Danny Garcia now headlining here. And and you can say not no disrespect to Danny here, but he is, this is the last fight of his career. It's not like he's in the, uh, the prime of his career. He's kind of nearing the end.
00:05:38
Speaker
And to shut to for him to be able to still put on this huge event, headlining at the Barclays Center, I think it really speaks volumes to how he's established himself and how he's marketed himself in the sport.
Upcoming Fight Card and Predictions
00:05:50
Speaker
And yeah, I'm a...
00:05:52
Speaker
I'll be flying out tomorrow, a man. i am looking I am very much looking forward to being there for this legendary event at the Barclays Center. and To circle back on your question, picking the Barclays Center is a ah very important decision for Danny because it's his 10th time fighting there.
00:06:05
Speaker
That's record setting. And like I said, he's he's established himself as a ah a big, big draw in the Brooklyn area. Nice. Where is he from? Just a sidebar. Where is he from originally? Philadelphia. Yeah, Philadelphia. Oh, he's Philly? Okay. All right. All right.
00:06:21
Speaker
Colbert D, do you have a question? Oh, yeah. Well, I would say, yeah, I'm actually, I agree 100% with Danny. He helped all having 10 fights there. Him, it was always him. Broner, Tank, you know, always helped building the Barclays Center as ah as ah as a staple ah and in New york because everyone thinks of Madison Square Garden. But the fact that he chose there, he already has that fan base, like you mentioned. I think that's amazing for him. And My question for you is, ah do you think, um looking at this card, this main card as it is, do you feel like we're going to get surprised by not the Danny Garcia fight being the fight the night?
00:06:58
Speaker
Is that question for
Danny Garcia's Boxing Legacy and Hall of Fame Debate
00:06:59
Speaker
me? Yeah, just a general for anybody, I guess. Okay, well, I'll take it i'll take it first, I guess. um Yeah, I mean, you said there are a ton of loaded fights on this card.
00:07:09
Speaker
Looking at it right now, Chris Colbert is a guy who's been in the spotlight since since his's before his pro debut. He's been in multiple documentaries on boxing now, and he's fighting... Blas, Blas, I don't even know how to pronounce his name, but he's not fighting a ah nobody. You know, he's he's been out for after the, when the fight takes place on Saturday, going to be just over a year that Chris Colbert has been out of the ring. You got Damian Kniema versus Joey Dweco.
00:07:37
Speaker
Joey Dweco, another guy who, am he's kind of established himself, not just the Brooklyn area, but The New York area, the East Coast type of area, he's not a world-level heavyweight by any means, but he is what Joey DeWaico has built a reputation on is going in there and giving prospects and up-and-coming contenders tough fights and really testing where they're at. And, Damian, can he be the โ and the perfect guy for that, It looks like he's really starting to turn over that new leaf and, you know, graduate from a prospect to a contender. So this is now the test. You get the Joey Diwico test. Is Damian going to be able to pass the test of the the ah the tough veteran? And it's another talking point leading into that fight is can Damian stop Joey? I think there are a lot of โ like Gabe Rosado is an example. He's, a you know maybe a higher level than Joey, but he's a guy who โ
00:08:30
Speaker
is a is a test for contenders when they're kind of turning for contenders or world title challengers. and And if you can beat Gabe Rosado, it's a good thing. But if you can stop Gabe Rosado, you're on another level. And I think Joey DiWaico kind of serves a similar purpose in this Damien Kniem. Talking about Gabriel Rosado, he's back. he's a He's back on this card. 27-17 is his record, but I talked to him the other night, and he is โ fully sure of that, fully sure of the point that record does not define him.
00:08:59
Speaker
And he's not just, he retired two years ago after that second Bectomir Malikuzia fight, and he had a comeback fight, um, uh, a little over two months ago on a Marv Nation card. And, uh,
00:09:10
Speaker
He's made it clear that this comeback isn't just ah to to catch a couple couple more bucks. he he told me he is wanting to win a world title. so you got to To sum it up, you've got a lot of guys on this card who are coming back and not just coming back to โ to pick up a dollar or two. They're coming back to really reestablish themselves on the ah the world boxing scene. So, yeah, I think if you had to ask me, I don't think Danny Garcia versus Daniel Gonzalez going to be fight of the night. i Not that it's not going to be a great fight, but they're just it seems every fight on this part could be ah could end up being fight of the night.
00:09:44
Speaker
Gotcha, gotcha. There you go. Josh? Hey, um yeah, so many things. So many things. First, congrats to Danny Garcia. Swift Garcia, know, he's been doing it for a minute.
00:09:58
Speaker
And i remember even the early days, and I got behind him because i could just see that tenacity in and he really wanted it. That Philly fight style. I'll say that some you get up in terms of Danny himself,
00:10:13
Speaker
I think he's going to go down as a Philly legend for sure. you know he He's done this at the world stage. and Philadelphia, as a person who follows boxing history and really dives into it, I think that is the premier fighting town across the actual globe.
00:10:33
Speaker
If you had to pick one town where the greatest fighters in history have come from, I would say that it is... Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And I put that up against any city across the world.
00:10:47
Speaker
Across the world. And, of course, there's high-level competition, but Philly has had the greatest fighters, and make no mistake about it.
Memorable Fights and Career Highlights
00:10:54
Speaker
That being said, in terms of the question in itself and sort of the fight that we're looking forward to that could be the one that stands out in some way and maybe even be the fight of the night. i don't know that it will be the fight of the night because the young fighter involved,
00:11:10
Speaker
might dispatch of his opponent fairly early, but I wanted to make people aware of a fighter by the name of Quentin Williams, or Quincy Williams, rather. Quincy Williams from D.C. He used to go over at Headbangers, and He ended up joining DSG Promotions there, working with Danny Garcia. He's been there for a good minute since he's turned pro, as a matter of fact.
00:11:35
Speaker
But there's a documentary out there called They Fight. I know ESPN had it at one point, and it's probably on some other platforms, called They Fight. You get to kind of see the story of him as a youngster as he was coming up.
00:11:47
Speaker
He was on Team Combat League, actually, and he was an amateur at the time fighting on Team Combat League, which was kind of listed as semi-pro or whatever, basically. They have their own designation there on like the likes of Boxwreck.
00:12:07
Speaker
But that being said, he was on there as an amateur with no pro fights, and he was dispatching of pros because he's made of that type of goods right there. So... Quincy Williams, holding it down from Washington, D.C. He's one of Danny's fighters.
00:12:22
Speaker
He's going to be on this card. I would say that he is a fighter to watch. And if you're talking about all of the intangibles and those credentials to get to that world,
00:12:33
Speaker
championship status. I truly believe he has those. So if you're not aware of tune in for sure. So that would be the fight that I am certainly looking forward to from both a personal and just from a fight fan standpoint, because I think that he realizes the magnitude of the actual fight situation and overall, and he's going to come through, show up and show out.
00:13:00
Speaker
nice Yeah, for me, I would have one one that's personal as well. He's fighting Damian Caniba, so it's probably, you know, and most people are going for the favorite there. But Vaughn Alexander, man, what a tough, tough fighter. That's my dude, man. I did an interview on him after he dad had a fight at Country Box versus Mike Del Sando, and it was a tremendous fight. They went back and forth. And, yeah, Vaughn Alexander is a fight I'm looking to because he's very, very tough. So, yeah.
00:13:31
Speaker
Josh, did you have a question? Oh, no, no, no. I didn't i actually click the button there. But, yeah, we're good. But, Vaughn is legit for sure. Brother of Devin Alexander, if those will remember. really? 40-pound champion. Vaughn Alexander is his brother, which is a crazy connection right there. Devin, that was my guy, man. He fought ah Tim Bradley. That was a good fight. Yeah, he was up and coming back then.
00:13:57
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. Okay, so let's get, before we get into the actual fight, that was a great question, by the way, about the undercard and the storylines there. um Thinking about Garcia's career as a whole.
00:14:13
Speaker
Right. um We know that, again, he's fought four times over the past five years, 37 and four record, 21 KOs, two time division champ, 140, 147. Tremendous career, fought plenty of great opponents, even if you want to say, you know, Laura was over the tooth at that point or not.
00:14:34
Speaker
um What would you say is your favorite fight ah that Denny Garcia had or favorite memory about him, whatever it is, before we get into the actual card?
00:14:48
Speaker
Oh, I'm looking through the ledger here. I mean, there have been so many. I might have to pick. It was ah it was a loss, but his fight against Keith Thurman, that was a tremendous fight. I never got to see that one live.
00:15:06
Speaker
I wasn't even really a boxing fan at that time, but that's a fight I always ah i always see myself going back into โ and and watching And you can pick the many tremendous knockouts ah Danny's had. You can pick the the Matisse fight, which is on the Canelo-Floyd undercard. But the Keith Thurman fight, even though Danny ah came up short, that was a ah that was a barn burner to say the least. in Yeah, I mean, it um to answer your question, I'd probably say the Keith Thurman fight. But I think ah we we with every question, you can really โ
00:15:44
Speaker
um You can really explain and just understand how how legendary of a career Danny Garcia's had because I'm scrolling through his box track here. And I can really pick out any one of these fights. I can pick out the ah the Sean Porter fight. The the Spence fight was, ah even though that happened in yeah five years ago, and you know both men might not have been at their peak. That was it that was a great fight. He had that win against Jose Benavidez Jr. had the Zab Judah fight, the Amir Khan fight. I mean, Danny Garcia...
00:16:15
Speaker
I mean, i'm I'm looking through the ledger here, and man, I'm just kind of reminding myself kind of a little how how much of a legend Danny Garcia is. And yeah, I think with your question, I'd probably say the Keith Thurman fight, but man, Danny has been in a ton of of of barn burners, and he's really deserving of this ah this last fight at the Barclays.
00:16:33
Speaker
Yeah, gentlemen, what are your thoughts on that? Either one can start. Well, I feel like ah like Danny Garcia, kind of like how Ian mentioned, he's fought a who's who. You know what i'm saying? If I were to equate him to like the m m mac's m MMA world, he'd be like a Max Holloway or a Dustin Poirier, somebody who's fought just about everybody throughout the years. And um it's it's wild that he fought Eric Morales twice. I mean... You think about how ah how long Amrass was in the game. But for me, i say when he took out Amir Khan, that was when I was like, yeah, he's serious. Like when he when he beat Amir Khan, because at that time, Amir Khan was the next Prince I see Mohamed, you know, Pakistani by way of a London Box or whatever, you know, coming over with the fast hand. So when he beat Amir Khan, that's when I became a real...
00:17:19
Speaker
you know, started following him. And then when he got that, ah like Ian mentioned, the fight on the Mayweather Canelo undercard against Matisse, who probably won the fight at the time, that also propelled him as well. So, yeah, I'd say I'm good with Amir Khan. That's the fight that got me.
00:17:33
Speaker
Okay. Josh? So, for me, actually, I would say... Your microphone's out, I think. No, here you go.
00:17:45
Speaker
Oh, there it is.
Danny Garcia's Legacy as a Two-Weight World Champion
00:17:46
Speaker
All right, all right, all right. i Got it. So for me, actually, I'm going to have to go with his series with the legend Eric El Terrible Morales. And this is Morales in his second stint as a professional, I guess you could say, because he had retired there for a short period.
00:18:07
Speaker
And then he came back. And this was at 140 pounds. And this, of course, was where I think Danny Garcia was at his best, 140 pounds, and where he truly established himself.
00:18:19
Speaker
And that series with Morales was it was pretty spectacular, given the sense that one can never know how a fighter will be coming out of retirement. But Morales proved to be very formidable.
00:18:31
Speaker
ah Even at that sort of more advanced age, and he wasn't like super advanced. I believe he was in his mid-30s at that particular time. And we know him from the scraps that he had back in the day there, Pacquiao, Marcus, and... Antonio Barrera and all of that stuff. But that being said, I just thought that series was just a standout version for Danny Garcia and one that history will certainly remember just given the magnitude of Oralus and Danny Garcia being tied to it right there. So that's the one or those two fights, I would say, are the ones in which I...
00:19:11
Speaker
sort of recollect on and he dispatched of Morales actually stopped him, knocked him out in the second fight after the first fight was fairly close and an entertaining fight.
00:19:24
Speaker
Very nice. Yeah, and I actually saw in an interview this week, and I just came up in my mind about the interview. I remember he said that he believes that when he after he retires, he is a Hall of Famer. So, gentlemen, really quick, we're going to play a game I just made up in my head two seconds ago called Knockout or Knockdown.
00:19:44
Speaker
Is it a knockout? He gets into the Hall of Fame, or is he knocked down and does not get in? Ian, we'll start with you. Oh, man. um I think Danny is a ah spot i think danny's a guy who's kind of right on the ah right on the edge.
00:20:01
Speaker
Because i think, oh, man, i don't I don't know. I think if we're talking about more MMA, UFC standards, I think Danny's a ah i think danny's a first ballot, just like you said.
00:20:15
Speaker
said with Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier, Danny does kind of fit that fit that mold. I think if we were talking MMA, UFC, where they favor guys being in barn birds and just fighting everyone, I think you'd be first ballot.
00:20:30
Speaker
In boxing, I think it's a little tougher because whether we like it or not, we favor more of a ah you know less losses, you know even if you're not fighting all the top competition, if you're defending titles over and over again, if you're Conquered weight classes. Danny's conquered weight classes.
00:20:48
Speaker
i don't know. this one's This one's tough for me. He's a two-weight world champion. You know what? I think Danny gets in. I think i think it's close, but I think Danny does get in, so going to give it a knockdown.
00:21:07
Speaker
Knockout. Is it knockdown or knockout? It was knockout, but they're close, so I don't even fault you on that. He gets a knockout. Danny gets a knockout. I don't even fault you on that.
00:21:17
Speaker
I just made up the game, so I don't know. Josh, what do you think about that one? Very interesting. Very interesting, you know. And I thought Ian made some very great points there in mentioning him and kind of what he was able to do.
00:21:33
Speaker
And, yes, certainly if you should compare it to MMA, yeah, he would be in first ballot, no doubt about it. um But the Hall of Fame is โ as it's generally constructed, at least in the bylaws and writings of such, is meant for the absolute elite best of the absolute best.
00:21:53
Speaker
And think that if you look at this past era, Danny Garcia most certainly is a standout, especially at 140 pounds, what he was able to 140 pounds.
00:22:04
Speaker
You argue he overachieved in some sense. I remember when he came on and all that stuff. So I would say, yeah, he had a pretty stellar career, relatively speaking, when you think about kind of the norms of fighting here in modern times. But when I look at the greatest fighters in history, from a historic standpoint,
00:22:25
Speaker
I can't put him in the Hall of Fame. I give him a knockdown because of the fact that I just feel like relative to the amount of fights that he had, if you weigh that up to the competition in itself, he has some good names on
Future Prospects and Final Thoughts on Danny Garcia
00:22:41
Speaker
the resume. He has some good wins, but he doesn't have that sort of standout, that marquee-type win, in my opinion, as far as what he's been able to do here in the sport.
00:22:53
Speaker
Amir Khan, damn good win. Of course, Eric Morales in his second stint, damn good win. You know what I'm saying? But just from an overall standpoint, if I were were to compare him with some of the oldies, and you know, I love the oldies there at 140 pounds, it's a little bit different when you start to throw in guys like Barney Ross, Jimmy McLernan, you start to throw in others in and around that weight.
00:23:20
Speaker
The Henry Armstrongs of the world, Hammer and Hank, you know, I just think that he is outside of it. Now, I will digress and say that there are some individuals in the Hall of Fame who you could argue had less of a career than Danny Garcia when you weigh the accolades versus the competition.
00:23:44
Speaker
So could he get in? Potentially. he could potentially get in. With that being said, would have him outside of it as far as I'm concerned, you know, but hell of a career otherwise. And he, as I mentioned, will be a Philly legend for time as time goes on through and through.
00:24:06
Speaker
I'm surprised that the two-division champion did not sway you there. So me personally, as you know, Clubber being a Puerto Rican, I am biased on this vote here as I am voting him in. So I will stay out of this. I'll abstain and make you the the tiebreaker. What do you say?
00:24:27
Speaker
First of all, i don't know what wizardry is going on, but I can't hear Josh for nothing. I hear you two perfectly. I can't hear Josh. I can't hear him. I don't know what's going on. but ah I will say this with Danny Garcia. yes two divisions He said no, by the way. He said no. okay I got you. I know Ian said yeah.
00:24:45
Speaker
agree with what you're saying, Ian, with him. ah you know If it was UFC standards, surefire, Hall of Famer. My issue with Danny Garcia, yes, he fought a who's who.
00:24:56
Speaker
but I'm going to take it to an NFL point of view. Was he the best ever at his position, meaning weight class? Okay. When he fought the best, when he fought the Earl Spence, when he fought Keith Thurman, you know, we're not going to say the, whatever happened to Terrence Crawford was, know, how people see Sarita Terrence Crawford, but when he fought the the big dogs at the weight class, we saw what happened.
00:25:18
Speaker
um I'm a big Danny Garcia fan. And, you know, he lost to Thurman and he lost to Spence in those fights. Uh, And then his last fight, Ersalan Elara, he lost that fight, and you know Laura hadn't fought since 1987 and still beat him, and Laura might be 87 years old, but you know it is what it is, so fighting and well.
00:25:37
Speaker
um Would I say he's a Hall of Famer? First ballot, no. ah He would be one of the people that would get in when his hair is very gray or bald. Because he's he wouldn't get in the first, second, or third go-around. I think he will get in eventually, but I don't think he's a surefire Hall of Famer. He's On the team, he's right there, so I'm unfortunately going to say no.
00:26:00
Speaker
all right. So two no's and two yes's and a little bit of a bias on my yes, but I still take it anyways. I think two i think the two division weight champion, you know, um I tried to look up how many there were in history. They had three and four, but they didn't have โ I mean, but I would try to look for a specific number. Anyways, I think that that's โ He's good.
00:26:22
Speaker
Mm-hmm. um'm My bad. I'm just saying, like I think he'll get in, but if we're saying like first ballot, no. I think he'll get in, though. But if we're saying just first ballot, no. Our brother Skywalker Boxing Media, y'all tap in with them. He couldn't join the stream.
00:26:36
Speaker
But he comments that, and for some reason they're not letting him comment on millions, but he says that his uncle made the Hall of Fame and had less credentials than Garcia. So there you go.
00:26:49
Speaker
I don't know who his uncle is. Well, i will what I will say to that is you look at the level of competition, the time frame, and, of course, the sport is little bit different now because, compared to what it was in the 70s, 80s, you know, and that tends to be the case as you go further and further back, which when I go further and further back to the very early days, the early nineteen hundred s the nineteen twenty s yeah hell, even the 1800s, I can go back to the 1800s, realistically speaking.
00:27:18
Speaker
What I will say is we're in, the sport is almost different just in terms of the way it's competed. But also, you got to think about it from the standpoint, we're now in the four-bill era. So Danny Garcia has competed in the four-bill era. So when we think world champion, it's a world champion in the four-bill era. you know So in that case, you can win one title.
00:27:41
Speaker
in each division and you'll be a multi-division champion as opposed to back in the day where there was only one chipmanship and undispued championship championship and you had to get that and certainly if you were able to pick up that title then you beat the man that beat the man from a lineal perspective you know so that's what i'll throw out there as well but danny garcia hell of a career as mentioned but okay i was just I thought that would be a fun question because just thought of it out time. I have to remember the interview. That was a good question. um So, uh-oh, now you sound like you're in a cave, my brother.
00:28:19
Speaker
So, yeah. So, anyways, we just mute yourself for now and we'll keep it moving. So, anyways, Ian, all right, well, hey, as we talked about, it's a legendary career, not legendary, but it's a legacy of a career that he set in the Barclay Center in Brooklyn.
00:28:36
Speaker
As you mentioned, 10 fights, 7
00:28:40
Speaker
10th fight coming up. 7-2 9 fights he's been there. We will talk about that last, everybody. We just want to get into a few other of the undercard fights before we move into that main event.
00:28:52
Speaker
Just want to get to some comments here. Again, y'all make sure you tap in with everybody at Ball and Buds, B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S. 86 boxing club or D and top boxing news on Instagram. That's top dot boxing news on Instagram. Hit that like button. If you're watching on YouTube as well. yeah, Skywalker is leaving some comments. He caught Matt Morales at the tail end of his career. I want to apologize. That's what I met earlier when old and and and old in the tooth was Morales, not Laura.
00:29:20
Speaker
Anyways, he says he had 50 fights when they fought kind of like passing the torch moment. Danny got a decent resume. Uh, But he said his uncle might have had tougher competition in Arguillo Mancini Limon, which is a tremendous name. So I'm just going to love that. Yeah, your uncle scales there, Skywalker. Come on, man.
00:29:44
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Let's go. All right. Let's talk about this fight, brothers. I don't want to keep Ian too late here. Uh-oh. Did we get a bell ring? i like it. All right. So, first fight that we want to talk about on this card is, ah re I think it's Reshatmari. 15-0 undefeated. 8 KOs versus Jose Angulo.
00:30:05
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Reminds me of Denise Angulo. Shout out. 16-10. 9 KOs. oh We'll start with you, Ian, as the special guest. How do you feel about this fight? Rashad Mahdi is a guy I've been following for ah for a long time. He was featured in ah a YouTube documentary when he was he was younger, basically. he He's been a prodigy all his all his life. and who I don't know if he was officially signed, but he had a lot of fights under the ah under the Matchroom banner recently. But he's taken some time out of the ring. He fought and he fought in March of...
00:30:39
Speaker
2024, and that was his last fight. it was before that in and Before that, it was June of 2023. So Rashad Mahdi has not been as active as he as he has wanted to be, and I don't know the the specific reasoning for for that inactivity, but but I can tell you when Rashad Mahdi is an active, focused fighter, he seriously could could make his way into a ah ah world title challenger that One of the champs, Louis Crocker, Rashad Motti, has been calling for in his social media. And, yeah, I think this is just kind of ah a sleeper fight on the undercard. Maybe not even a sleeper fight, but a sleeper fighter in Rashad Motti.
00:31:20
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I think he's back, and I think he's back with a serious focus. And I think fans should tune in early to catch Rashad Motti because I think he he could ah he could really in a couple years mold himself into a potential world title challenger.
00:31:37
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you
00:31:41
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You're muted there. Yeah, I think you're muted. Yeah, I can't. It was acting up on me again. All right. Can you hear me now? Yep. All right, cool. So anyways, as i was trying to say, um I really love his nickname. Y'all get ready for this.
00:31:59
Speaker
The Albanian Bear. All right, that is just a tremendous nickname. He's 27 years old, so he's still young. clever You say you used to call yourself a bear back in the day. How do you feel about this fight?
00:32:10
Speaker
Yeah, they to call me um the Silverback Johnson Bear back in the day in 1987, back when I hit a hairline. That's another story. I'm kidding. Yeah, I'm going to โ I forgot his name. i'm going with the albino bear on this one. This is going โ it's part of my theme on this card.
00:32:26
Speaker
It's ah either come back or retire, and he's going to be on that comeback a knockout streak. He's going to start this fight. There you go. Josh, what are your thoughts? So for me, I think that ultimately, Motti, I favor him, of course. He likes to get a decision. If I had to pick a choice, I would say decision.
00:32:49
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And Angulo, I think a number of us have probably seen him in contests, but he's the type of guy you beat to show that, okay, I'm ready for that next level, you know. And I think that's going to be the case here with Motti.
00:33:03
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And he's going advance to that next level. And I look forward to seeing him in the future. Promising for sure.
00:33:12
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Yeah, definitely. I would agree with you. I think it's going to be a majority decision, in this contest, but it is, he's not a, he's not, not a tough fighter. He is a tough fighter. So it's, it's like you said, one of those gateway type of fights.
00:33:24
Speaker
All right, cool. We'll move it on, uh, to the next one. And, uh, we'll start with you on this one, Josh. Uh, Joey Daweco, and I know I'm going to save Ian for last because he has a lot on both of these fighters. 28-13-4 versus Chris Colbert, 17-3. What are your thoughts on this fight, Josh?
00:33:45
Speaker
Might be a little different there because Daweco is a heavyweight, so he's taking on Kameba, or Kameba, actually. Did get that wrong? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. um so he said I'm sorry, Blascaro. Blascaro. I'm sorry. Blascaro. I apologize. oh yeah Yeah, you're right. I apologize.
00:34:05
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Yeah, start with the Chris Colbert fight. I apologize. I was looking at the back. no Okay, gotcha. Yeah, i think Chris Colbert should get this one. Chris Colbert, very, very promising fighter. You've probably seen him.
00:34:17
Speaker
He's pretty colorful. His hair is colorful as well when he steps in the ring. He's fundamentally pretty sound, you know. Pretty dang sound just from an overall perspective. He has a decent amateur pedigree to go along with it.
00:34:31
Speaker
And he has the gift of the gab to a certain degree as well with his mouth there. And he kind of spoke some potential feature fights at a particular point.
00:34:45
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He's kind of spoke of them prior to actually kind of looking into who he was facing at that particular time. And he had a couple of setbacks. But that being said, ah will say he has hard...
00:34:58
Speaker
He is a determined fighter, and he hadn't let him hasn't let it hold him down. You know what I'm saying? So losses, they can mean different things, but certainly they're not the end of the world. And I view him as one of those type of fighters, despite whatever losses he has or whatnot.
00:35:15
Speaker
He seems to be intent on continuing to try and get better, try to advance in his career. And he's one of those guys that I could see potentially somewhere down the line in the future. he could potentially end up in a title shot in some capacity because I think that the type of fights that he has taken at a fairly early stage as far as fights in totality, I think he's...
00:35:41
Speaker
He's taken on some pretty solid overall fights and get some pretty good competition. I think he will win this one. I think we'll continue to see Chris Colbert, and I hope that he can continue to press forward, keep these together, because a loss doesn't define you. He can be one of the prime ex examples. A loss doesn't define your career.
00:35:58
Speaker
You know, you look at some of the greats from the past. They lost. Mm-hmm. It doesn't mean anything when you look at it from a gra from from a more to total scale, right? not If you look at it granularly, you can make some comparison. But when you look at the full scale of a career, you can bounce back. You can continue to do your thing. Maybe it wasn't your day. And that's what I think of Chris Colbert.
00:36:21
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And I think that he seems to have that mentality of a guy. and He hasn't given in. So he's going to continue to press forward. And I wish him the best with what he does. And I think he gets this victory.
00:36:32
Speaker
Yeah, you know, as a a person that is a great, I have to say sometimes under the bright lights, even i fumble the ball. Josh, you know, either even in this media game, we make mistakes.
00:36:45
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yeah Looking at my notes, I was a little backwards. We got Ian over here looking at me like, what kind of boxing card am I looking at? Because that's not the right boxing card. So even even even the best make mistakes in those bright lights, Clever D. Give us your thoughts on this fight.
00:36:58
Speaker
Well, I'll say this about Chris Cooper. He's coming off two losses, and one was that knockout by... That was rough. But, you know, he's fighting at home in BK, so definitely had that going for him. You know, thought he was going to fight Gary Russell when he was going back forth that one time, but...
00:37:14
Speaker
If you guys who don't haven't seen Chris Cobra before, like mentioned before, he has the blonde hair. He is a terrible fade away from looking like Wesley Snatch from Demolition Man. But I think he's going to bounce back. I think he's going to win. I think this going to him catapulting his career and getting ah back on the right path. He's fighting at home.
00:37:30
Speaker
He likes the bright lights. He's a well-endorsed fighter. has great story. Now it's time. You had your downfall or your short shortcomings. Now it's time to bounce back and and have a great career from that. So I got Cobra in this one.
00:37:43
Speaker
There you go. Hey, Ian, look, they call him prime time. I know you got some stuff on him, but I want to talk about his opponent a little bit. He is a tough Argentine, enters with momentum, having defeated Gabriel Morales twice in 2024, looking to make a statement against Colbert. do you think about this fight?
00:38:00
Speaker
Yeah, like you just said, the the opponent, Blaz Caro, he's no pushover. He's 12-8, only been stopped three times in those eight losses. And, yeah, coming off me ah some some good performances against some ah some good fighters. Gabriel Morales, you mentioned you picked up a split decision win against him. But circling back to Chris Colbert, like I said earlier, this is a guy who's been on the been on the big stage it since his career started. He actually made his pro debut.
00:38:28
Speaker
at the uh at the barclays center and now this will be ah this will be a this will be a full full circle moment now this looks is this is going to be his his now fifth fight at the barclays center so we've been talking about danny garcia having a lot of fights here in brooklyn at the barclays but chris colbert as well this is kind of a second home to him it's a second home to him and yeah he had the uh he was really he was really looking good he uh He beat Jaime Albrella, and he beat a guy, can't really pronounce his name, then he fought Hector Luis Garcia, I believe it was for a WBA regular title, and he fought Hector Luis Garcia, and he got surprisingly beat at that time, and he he got beat pretty handily, got dropped in route to a ah pretty wide decision decision loss.
00:39:10
Speaker
Then he fought Jose Valenzuela, and I'm just being honest with you here. I thought he pretty clearly lost that fight. But he he gets the win, and then he he boldly rematches ah Valenzuela. That's something he didn't have to do in that position. A lot of guys, when they get a ah ah controversial decision, to say the least, against a ah ah it's a dangerous guy, they won't go back and fight him again. But credit to k Chris Colbert.
00:39:35
Speaker
You went back and fought him ah later that year. As we mentioned, takes a pretty brutal knockout loss there. And then he fights Omar Salcedo on Pro Box in the end of 2024. And up loss there.
00:39:47
Speaker
and picks up a loss there so it's k Chris Goldberg doesn't lack talent. I think in the past he's lacked focus. And I got to talk to him a couple weeks ago and he said that this ah this resurgence is um he's a new version of himself.
00:40:01
Speaker
So I think this fight against Blas Carrow... I think it will really show if he's being truthful. I think it will really show if Chris Colbert is you know a shell of what he once was and if it's time for him to hang it up or if he's really back and if he can really contend in ah in whatever weight class he chooses to contend in. so that That's why I think you should tune into this fight because it's not only a ah good stylistic clash, but it's a it's a real do-or-die, win-or-go-home moment for Chris Colbert.
00:40:33
Speaker
Wow, yeah, no, that's great. I love all the insider information. We're going to have bring you all the ball and butts. I love this. ah but this man This man talks to every boxer, and you need to meet Skywalker, too, because y'all would have a networking bonanza.
00:40:45
Speaker
and Anyways, all right, yeah, let ah thank you for that great astute analysis. Let's move it into the next fight. Damian Kniebo versus Joey Diwico. How would start us off here?
00:40:57
Speaker
Well, Joey Diwico, he's coming off two losses. um i think it was the ESPN fight against Richard Torres Jr. where he got disqualified, kept spitting his mouthpiece out. oh yeah That's him if people remember that fight. And I feel like this fight is going to be a oh I know in MMA, when we do an MMA show, I call like ah was's Kevin Holland, a gatekeeper at times, the guy who's painting the fence, waiting for a contender to beat him and then make that next step in in their career.
00:41:28
Speaker
That's what Joey is right now. Keneba, 16-0. He's tall with got KOs. this is going to be i think ah for me this is the showcase fight on the main card for this heavyweight to show that he deserves to take that next step into competition heavyweight. So I don't think this fight's going past three rounds, maybe, maybe four. We'll see. But yeah, it's going to be a fight for everybody to watch to kind of showcase Kadeba's talents.
00:41:57
Speaker
Yeah, Ian, I know you've got a lot to give to the audience on this one. Just to let everybody know, though, looking at their topology records, it looks like, obviously, six years Damien Knieva has on Joey Duico, but also is hot ah a lot taller than them and has a bigger reach than um as well, larger reach as well. So what do you got on this?
00:42:19
Speaker
No, yeah, Damien Knieva, he's a giant. i Actually, funny story, I don't remember how long ago it was. I think it was in November of last year. I was at the Turning Stone for a fight, and I was there with some of my friends, and they were up in the room, and I was just kind of around. It was a casino resort, and I was just kind of roaming around see if I could see anybody.
00:42:39
Speaker
And Damien Knieva got there, and i literally took a picture and sent it to him saying, this guy giant. mean, he's a giant. i mean He's listed as what? Six ah six foot seven? He might he might be taller than that. like Seriously. i've I've been up close and personal with Damien a couple times.
00:42:57
Speaker
I went to a media workout at his gym back in ah back in February and and and Not only is he a a big, tall guy, he he he not he didn't run that gym, but he he carries a sort of aura around him. that he is He is confident in his abilities. he is He's the guy when he enters the room, and I've been to some of his fights. and No matter where his fights are, he brings a big, big Polish audience to play.
00:43:22
Speaker
So wherever he's fighting. So Danny Garcia is going to be packing the house at the Barclays. But don't be surprised. You see a lot of red and white flags in the audience during this fight. Because Damien, he brings a big crowd. and I don't remember where I saw this, um but it it was a couple months back. I saw something that said he, i think he lives. I don't know if it's for a trailer, but.
00:43:45
Speaker
To say the least, he doesn't โ he's, ah you know, people say in boxing you get a little comfortable sleeping on the the silk sheets. Damien doesn't sleep on โ he doesn't sleep on the silk sheets. He's a he's a guy that's willing to go go through the trenches to get to where he needs to be. And, yeah, I think โ uh over watching damien's last couple fights the progression has gone from like here to here um yeah a couple fight five fights ago he was fighting a guy by the name of helaman ogwin who's nine five and one he then fights michael coffee who's 13 and four then richard larnie who's 16 and six then andre swartrick don't know if i'm pronouncing that right who is 34 and four and then an undefeated 25 0
00:44:29
Speaker
Polish fighter. So Damian is climbing and climbing and climbing. He's climbing the ranks fast. I think he's officially graduated from ah from prospect to contender. And yeah, this fight against Joey Duaco, Joey's a tough guy. And if Damian, I think a big talking point in this fight is, I think Damian's going to be expected to win. he's ah He's much bigger. I think Damian could, if you wanted to, stay on the outside and stick a jab in ah an occasional right hand in Joey's face and facing and win the decision. But I think a big...
00:45:00
Speaker
Something I'm going to be looking for in this fight is can Damien stop Joe? And I think if he if he can stop Joe, he he has really announced himself as one of the best up-and-coming contenders of the heavyweight division.
00:45:12
Speaker
Nice. Yeah, no, I mean, i look, first of all, the first guy you named that he beat in those five last fighters, his nickname better be the Gila Monster because that would have been too and too easy if he oh he would have been messed up if he passed that up.
00:45:29
Speaker
Second of all, I was scared to say his height. yeah I was like 6'7". That can't be right. And I know Tapology got me a couple times on some streams and some long stuff. So that's why I was like, oh, he's just a lot taller than Josh. Josh, what you got on this one?
00:45:46
Speaker
No, hey, I can't really stray far from what both men just stated right there. he even knocked out Curtis Harper, who's fairly durable. i think that... Oh, the Curtis Harper. Yeah, Joey DiJaco, he is, I would say, the definition of a journeyman, and...
00:46:01
Speaker
It should be a test for Knieba, but I think this is a test that he will pass because so many things are on the side of Knieba. And Joey's not a guy that you just stop easily, you know what I'm saying? But I can see it being a stoppage. You know, if I had to go any type of route, I think it will be that. I think Knieba will realize the stage that he's on, Barclays center,
00:46:27
Speaker
Brenton center, in a sense, Danny Garcia's last fight. So I'm going to go Knieba as well for all the reasons that these gentlemen just stated. Yeah, I mean, I wish, and that's one thing they need to get on millions, hopefully they hear me, but the ability to so to share a screen.
00:46:44
Speaker
Because if you have the ability to look at this guy, he's fighting. My God, this Joey DeWitt looks like a hulking bulldog. He's shorter, but he's like, I'm going to...
00:46:55
Speaker
I went to BKFC event and he looked like somebody that would be fighting at BKFC. He looked like could see him. Yeah, he looked like he did. And he did, actually. He has had a fight there and he lost. Yeah, it's a little different, though. That BKFC, definitely different.
00:47:09
Speaker
I ain't messing with no dudes whose nickname is Tank, okay? That's just not something that's going to be happening. and Also, i wish because I wish I could show you Blast Caro. You'll have to check out his topology later. But Cruella DeVille comes to mind. So just look at that later. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
00:47:28
Speaker
Let's move it into the next fight. Gabriel Rosado. We got going up against my personal favorite in this car, Vaughn Alexander. Gabriel Rosado is 27-17 and 1.
00:47:41
Speaker
Vaughn Alexander nineteen sixteen and 2. So it's not like we got undefeated fighters here. These fighters are coming to just throw hands, Josh. The King Rosado versus the Animal.
00:47:55
Speaker
Alexander, who you got in this matchup? I got Gabe Rosado, of course. I like Gabe. I think he's battle-tested for sure. both of these guys, really, if you look at it, as I had noted a bit earlier, Alexander, he is, well, Von Alexander, he's the brother of, i believe, the older brother of Devin Alexander, former 140 pound champion and he's still fighting.
00:48:21
Speaker
But that being said, Von Alexander, he started out pretty good and he just run into some tough competition at these different levels. And if you look at it from that standpoint, it's going to lean towards Gabe Rosado.
00:48:37
Speaker
Though Von has been fighting at a higher weight than Gabe over the course of his career. That being said, I think that Gabe has enough of the competition.
00:48:48
Speaker
And if I were to look at it from a skill set standpoint, and he has a better skill set. And of course, Gabe is a Philly fighter, the premier fighting town in the history of boxing. So I'm going with my man Gabe. I remember when he made this comeback, I wasn't sure if it would be temporary or what.
00:49:06
Speaker
But it looks like he's really looking to do some things. And, man, I just like Gabe Rosado, man. Tough, battle-tested, a true throwback fighter in that sense, especially if you look at the history of sport. Don't let the record in itself fool you because, hey, you can get โ Your apple cart upset in some sense, as we saw with Bectamere the bully when Gabe knocked him out with a one-punch knockout right there when nobody was expecting that. And I think that's the definition of Gabe Rosado, a guy who can get it done when you least expect it.
00:49:40
Speaker
And true veteran of the fort, I think he'll go down as a Philly legend as well just because of the competition he's been in with. So I'm going with Gabe. Sure, and and look, he's a fan favorite known for fighting anywhere. You knock mentioned the legendary knockout, and you mentioned that records can't fool you.
00:49:58
Speaker
So I want to give you some insider information, as Ian has been blessing us, as i interviewed Vaughn Alexander. Vaughn Alexander had hit a little bit of a time in his career where he needed to take some time off from boxing.
00:50:12
Speaker
So that kind of set him back in who he was going to fight in competition. He had to come back and start fighting advanced competition in a very quick manner or if he wanted to get anywhere. He's 39 now.
00:50:23
Speaker
And so he started taking on the toughest competition on a ah long layoff. So I want to give my man some credit in in that. And hey, he had a two-division team. two-division world champion brother. You know, I'm going to go with my man.
00:50:38
Speaker
I'm little biased on this, but I'm gonna say Vaughn Alexander somehow pulls out the win. Ian, what you got on this one? um Yeah. Originally looking at this, I kind of thought Gabe was just back to โ Fighters never really stay retired. They get the itch. Fighting is what they've done their entire life. so So they want to come back because it fills the void. But talking to Gabe the other night, it really made me seem like he's not here to he's not here to play around. He he wants to you know come back and and and shake up the sport.
00:51:11
Speaker
So that got that got me really excited for this one. and Like you just said, Vaughn Alexander, he is no pushover at all. Vaughn Alexander, he's a He's the guy that's always going to go in there and put up a great fight, rarely gets stopped. And yeah, I think this is a, ah this is a test between two guys who have served as, and with all due respect, somewhat gatekeepers. They, you know, guys who test the, ah the up in the up and coming generations. And I think we'll,
00:51:40
Speaker
We'll see who's ah ready to, you know, graduate from that gatekeeper to to, you know, pursue some titles of their own. And, yeah, I think this is ah this is an intriguing fight. And, yeah, I think it's โ earlier we talked about what can be fight of the night. And I might lean towards this one if we had if we had to pick one.
00:51:59
Speaker
Clever D, I mean, i yeah, I see. We've really got to get E on with this. He knows his stuff a lot. But you know all about gatekeepers. I know you like to you like to rail on them sometimes. What are your thoughts on this fight?
00:52:12
Speaker
Well, like I mentioned before we got on, this Gabe, you know, he wants to fight. He's not scared to fight anybody. He he will fight anybody. saw him fight a crackhead last week. But anyways, um he was made for the UFC. Like his style, the way he is, he reminds me.
00:52:27
Speaker
He's like a probably same age or little older, younger, Diaz brothers. He he reminds me of them. and He has a scar tissue on his face when he fights as well, like when he fought ah ah Triple G, you know, that side cuts to the cut.
00:52:41
Speaker
um With that being said, you know, his record, yes, it is 26 and 17 or whatever, and you look at Vaughn Alexander, he's 19 and 16, so people who don't really watch sport will think, why would somebody care about this fight? Why would somebody worry about it?
00:52:55
Speaker
Right. Casuals. Yeah, exactly. 100%. And for people that are that that like the sport, this is a fight that we wouldn't mind seeing because we know what's going to happen. This is literally put a tire, put your one foot in and and don't stickitch your get your foot off the tire. We're to be hitting nonstop. don't see them going to the ropes. It's going to right in the middle. It's going to all action.
00:53:13
Speaker
um what What that means, I mean, both of them are coming off four losses. I know the inactivity on both of them. This is similar to Battle of the Unks because, you know, 39 and 38. Battle of the Unks, it I know you you got the relationship with Vaughn, but you're going against your Barripa, Bredren and Gabe Rosado, but, you know, it is what it is. going to go, I'm going to lean towards Gabe Rosado on this one.
00:53:40
Speaker
look He just has a little bit more experience. But i I would do a club or D caveat and wouldn't be shocked if Vaughn Alexander wins it. But I'm going to. Yeah, and i'm go to I got a caveat right now because Topology, thanks a lot for not letting me know Rosado was Puerto Rican. i I can't just assume that by that last name.
00:53:59
Speaker
got the American flag. How am I supposed to just assume that? Now I want to go back and pick Rosado, but now I can't because I already went with my man. And he was in Creed. Too late. He killed you in Creed. So, you know, he's an actor too.
00:54:12
Speaker
that is great that is tremendous all right cool we got three more we we got the no go keep though for you i can't wait till christmas um we got uh three more fights because i'm the professor sports professor is putting one in himself and this one is it matthew gonzalez 15-1-1 uh versus wow wilfredo flores 12-5-1 uh twelve five and one ah Look, oh again, older fighters here, but I appreciate both of these fighters. Are there any thoughts on this fight for me?
00:54:46
Speaker
You don't have to. I'm just asking. Look, make sure. Let me see if I know these cats. I know we didn't talk about. Okay. All right. I figured, hey, and they the records look good, and I heard Deflores name plenty of times, and I figured, hey, maybe maybe we'll talk about these guys, but we do not have to. so Ian, you got anything?
00:55:08
Speaker
No, I'm taking a look at the Box Rex right now, and 15-1-1 versus 12-5-1 makes for a probably to be an entertaining fight. So, yeah, just a credit to Swift Promotions. there're You know, it's not a 15-1-1 guy against a, you know, 1-1-1 guy. So it's showing that even though the guys might not be as known, but they're still matching guys up and looking to put on good fights. So that's good. Mm-hmm.
00:55:34
Speaker
but You know what? i appreciate I appreciate you picking me up there. That's like baseball where you you make the out and your brother picks you up in the next inning. That's how that went right there. I just threw it out there to see. But let's get into the co-main and main event of the evening.
00:55:48
Speaker
Farewell to Brooklyn. This is going to be an amazing, awesome card. That is why we have... Ian from Top.BoxingNews on EIG. Please make sure you tap in with him, as well as 86 Boxing, as well as Clubber D and Ball and Buds. Make sure you tap in with everybody here. Let's get into the co-main event. Richard Comey, 31-5-1.
00:56:12
Speaker
Nahir Albright, 17-2. Clubber D, going to start with you on this one. Nahir Albright is ah nine years younger than Comey.
00:56:22
Speaker
What do you got on this fight? Well, I'm going to keep it short and sweet. and You got Albright who fought Keyshawn Davis, but the fight guy became a no contest because of the 420 festivity.
00:56:36
Speaker
Keyshawn Davis. that Keyshawn had, a you know, and then he fought his brother, Kelvin. It was Kelvin, right? Kelvin Davis, yeah. Keyshawn, then he fought Kelvin. So he fought Keyshawn first, but that was a no contest because of the...
00:56:51
Speaker
activity, recreational things that were in Keyshawn's body. yeah And then he fought Kelvin when it was supposed to be Keyshawn's homecoming in Norfolk when he was going to you know defend the belt. And unfortunately, we saw what happened.
00:57:03
Speaker
Albright won, and then backstage there was altercation. So this his first fight since that happened. happened about probably four months ago. Norfolk Philly fighter. And then you got Richard Colmey, who's fought just about everybody from Lomo to Tiafimo to Robert Easter Jr. He's fought just about who's who. But, you know,
00:57:20
Speaker
He's 38 years old, so he got 38, like Omar mentioned, against 29. So I'm 100% going with Albright. He's going to ride that wave that he got from the the the Davis fight and then situation after that fight, and now he's gonna i think he's going to propel his career and move forward, and I might end up in a rematch against Keyshawn. could build that up, but I'm going with Albright in this way.
00:57:43
Speaker
Yeah, Comey's a really tough fighter, but obviously they're putting Albright in there, Ian, at 17-2, hoping that he can get the victory here. What are your thoughts on this? Yeah, this fight was originally supposed to be Richard Comey versus Ashton Sylv, who's ah more of a more of a a younger, up-and-coming, you know, not that Nahir Albright is not a good, solid fighter, but Ashton Sylv was supposed to fight Richard Comey, and I think what was supposed to be more of a, you know, put on against ah a former champ who's now over the hill, Ashton Sylv gets pulled out, undisclosed reasoning.
00:58:22
Speaker
But Albright kind of gets the spot that Ashton Silva had now. where i don't if if If Ashton Silva wasn't already in the in the spot to fight all per in the spot to fight Comey, I don't think Nahir Albright would be fighting Richard Comey. So he kind of got gifted into a fight against a former champion, which if he wins could set him up for some big some ah some big fights. Beating Richard Comey is no, it's a, you know,
00:58:51
Speaker
it's It's no easy task. and If Albright is successful, which I think he will be, he's riding a good wave after the ah the Kelvin Davis win and he picked up some some team combat league ah experience as well since then. I think if Naheer Albright picks up ah picks up a win here, he really found himself into ah into a situation where he could really start ah making his way up the rankings and maybe...
00:59:16
Speaker
starting to you know make his way towards a potential title shot. But this is another one of those fights where Nahir Albright is riding the wave of beating Kelvin Davis and he's more He's more on the ah on the up and up, but Richard Comey, like if we're trying to you know make ah make a make a visual here, Nahir Albright's down here and he's on the up, and Richard Comey's right here and he's on the down. So they're kind of beating right there in the center, and that always is going to make for ah for a good fight. And I'm probably going to pick Nahir Albright, but this is it's going to be a good fight, and the winner does propel themselves into some big fights.
00:59:55
Speaker
Yeah, you're right. Albright, the 29-year-old, did beat Kevin Davis for that WBC belt. um So he had a the regional one, at least. So he had a little bit of a win there. But Richard Comey, like you mentioned, no slouch, former IBF and lightweight champion from you know from Ghana.
01:00:11
Speaker
He has battled Lomachenko, Tiafimo, Jose Ramirez, among many, many others. And he's Following an August TKO win over William Jackson. Josh, what are your thoughts on this fight?
01:00:26
Speaker
I love Richard Comey's style, as a matter of fact. and If you're able to beat him, then that says something about you right there. I like Nahir Albright as well. I mean, if you went and looked at it from a fundamental standpoint, you'd probably lean in the direction of Nahir Albright.
01:00:44
Speaker
And I can give you that. um you know And I was just thinking about this now. I hadn't made any pick or decision on things, but I feel like one thing i like about Comey is that he brings it every fight. And you can see he has the determination and that want in him.
01:01:01
Speaker
I'm going to go against the green slightly, and I'm going to go with Richard Comey to pull off this victory because I think that he he at least should know that this is potentially โ His very last opportunity, at least at a top level, and I do agree with what you all mentioned there, and Ian, what you mentioned in terms if you look at trajectories, Albright is a little bit down, a little bit downward here, and Comey is a little bit up, but they're both kind of headed for a collision course, and maybe it's the right time.
01:01:31
Speaker
But that's why it's unpredictable because it could be that time where Richard Comey, he no longer has the ability to take that type of punch or whatever it could be, especially at that age. I'm going to go with Richard Comey. I'm taking the veteran experience, and I'm taking โ more battle-tested fighter from career totality.
01:01:52
Speaker
That being said, to hear Albright, I mean, he's no slouch, and he's been in with some pretty top-level competition and himself, you know, and yeah, it's a tough one right there. Almost 50-50 in some sense, you know. I'm going to go Kobe, but I respect the choices of others who went with Albright.
01:02:12
Speaker
Man, I'm with you, Josh, and you know we always kind of somehow interlink on some of these fights here that are kind of main events and go main events. um I agree. the Like I said, all the battles he's been in,
01:02:25
Speaker
i'm gonna merge your and ean's um you know arguments together or, you know, talking points together. If they're on that trajectory, and I'm a math nerd, so if they're on that trajectory and you're telling me that one fighter has a lot more experience, the other fighter who's younger has suffered other setbacks, I'm going to take the more experienced fighter at this point.
01:02:47
Speaker
So I am going with you, Comey, to win this fight, and I'm to say Albright gets cocky and gets knocked out, and I don't know if I'm to. because I don't know how many times I get knocked out because I don't have a KO percentage in front of me.
01:02:59
Speaker
um i please could you the The reason was i I usually like to use Box Live, but they didn't have the full the full card. Tapology did, but Tapology don't always give you all the information for every fight. So anyways, neither here nor there. That's ah that's my decision. Comey is going to win this fight.
01:03:18
Speaker
All right, let's move it into the main event and get everybody out of here. We've got yeah less than 10 minutes here. Got to get everybody gone for the night. Danny Garcia, this is the whole reason we're here, promoting that fight.
01:03:30
Speaker
Farewell to Brooklyn. Danny Garcia coming back as for his last fight there in Brooklyn. Are you promoting the Code, Ian, with your ah with your code or anything?
01:03:41
Speaker
um Yeah, Code code Green, G-R-E-N-E. Use the... There you go. Bye with the code. Bye with the promo code GREEN. That is our special guest, so please use his promo code. His last name is there on the screen. All right,
01:04:00
Speaker
Let's move it in. Again, Garcia, 37-4, 21 KOs. We talked about the relative inactivity over the past few years. He's going up against good Daniel Gonzalez here, fighter of the Dannys, so to say. 22-4-1, 7 This junior tilt um ian you are the special guest on this show we are going to start with you what do you think about this huge main event Yeah, you just said it. It's a huge main event. and since the first press conference, theyve they've built it up very well. I'm not going to say it's some Floyd-Pacquiao rivalry, but these guys have a little bit of a little bit of a disdain for each other. And there's no love lost.
01:04:44
Speaker
him And, yeah, I think it's going to be a good fight. um They've built it well. They've hyped it up well. But I do think it's a โ It's a, uh, it's a, it's, they picked a good opponent for, uh, for Danny Garcia's, uh, farewell fight. I think this is really serving as a, uh, as a, as a, as uh,
01:05:03
Speaker
A final walk across the red carpet for Danny Garcia. A final showing of what what what he can do. And maybe even, we talked about it earlier, maybe even a a final um ah final push to the ah to to stake his claim for the Hall of Fame.
01:05:18
Speaker
But yeah, it's ah it's it's not even just style-wise. It's a legendary main event because it's Danny Garcia's tent fight at the Barclays. And yeah, I think it's... ah it's It's the perfect top to a ah to ah to a legendary swift promotions card. They're they're coming out into the sport.
01:05:37
Speaker
I think it's great that Danny Garcia is headlining. and If you want my final prediction for the fight, I think we're going to get a ah a pretty vintage Danny Garcia performance here. and I think he he might just pull off one of his signature KOs. so I'm looking at Danny Garcia to pull off a big victory in what could be his final fight here.
01:05:53
Speaker
Well, there you go. You don't seem to think that his inactivity will affect him. This is more of the narrative of a redemption arc, Josh. The last fight, is there enough left in the tank, or are there potential pitfalls in this farewell fight? How do you feel about this fight?
01:06:13
Speaker
I'm going to go in the same direction as Ian there. I think that this is like the farewell for Garcia. And when you're in these types of situations, barring things crazy or unexpected, then he's going to show up, show out, and do what he needs to do in front of ah Barclays, which would be like a crowd for him, sort of like a hometown crowd outside of Philly. You know, when I think of Barclays, of course, with what was mentioned there with โ some of the others who've mentioned him. ah Yeah, I think of him, Deontay Wilder. Those are two who have a number of fights at Markley, and that's a second home for the most part. I mean, Philly is right there like as it relates to the distance between New York. I'm in Washington, D.C., you know, and even, you know, we can make that trip up there. i like We go to Philly all the time for fights. I've gone to Philly for a number of fights. So,
01:07:08
Speaker
I think that, hey, this is a hometown fight practically for Danny Garcia. And I think that he's going to do what he needs to do. he know this is is the swamp he He knows that this is the swan song. And um when you really look at it, resume for resume, comparison for comparison, shout out to his opponent, who I'm sure is going to be game right there. But Danny Garcia, I mean, hey, he is one of the best of this season.
01:07:36
Speaker
last, I would say 20 years, you know what I'm saying? 20 years, like I guess we can give it that. And I think that will show and he will do what he needs to do. Nice. Yeah, definitely, ah definitely, you know, ah been a great fighter.
01:07:51
Speaker
i he should still have the goods to take Gonzalez out. Clever D, what do you think about this fight? Well, the Beastie Boys said, no sleep till Brooklyn. Someone's going to sleep in Brooklyn. Kind of like ah the dang old way. And and umm but um ah I've been using a UFC stuff mixed with boxing this whole time. going end it with that.
01:08:12
Speaker
Robbie Lalo knocked out Nico Price in his final fight in the UFC. I think that was a first round knockout. I got Danny Garcia knocking him out. on. Why don't you do my man like that? You can't even give him a caveat? Absolutely not. Robert Lawler put Nico Price asleep.
01:08:30
Speaker
um I don't know if Gonzalez is going to sleep, but he will be taking a knee or a nap shortly in Brooklyn. Book look or not.
01:08:43
Speaker
So you did you think Garcia is going to come out in his last fight in Brooklyn and get embarrassed like that? Like Josh, like Ian said, I think we're going to get vintage Danny Garcia knockout.
01:08:55
Speaker
I can feel it. I can feel it. He has something to prove. That Laura fight was not a good look and I think he has something to prove. He's going to be like, this is the last hurrah, okay? So, yeah. Completely excuse me. i could Excuse me, everybody on the stream.
01:09:09
Speaker
I thought you said Gonzalez was going to knock him out. That's what i thought. That's why i was like, what? Wait a second. What do you mean? No. What are you doing? I was like, you sure you don't want to come? Anyways, look, it don't even matter. You know what me? I'm going with my brother from the islands.
01:09:25
Speaker
Boricua, mi gente. Wepa, wepa, wepa. Let's go, Diddy Garcia. this weekend with the victory to end out what is a great care career, what's been a great career at the Barclays Center. And as we end an amazing stream once again here at Ball and Buds, please make sure you subscribe at B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S. We would love and appreciate our, we'd love to have and we appreciate our guest, Ian Green from Top,
01:10:01
Speaker
boxing news on Instagram, you please, please, please make sure you tap in with them. Ian, how'd you feel about this stream with the ball and buds that you're definitely going to have to join again later because you have no choice now?
01:10:13
Speaker
Oh, man, it was amazing, man. It was amazing talking to all you guys. And, yeah, I i did ah i did a stream last night. kind of getting used to these, ah you know, coming on other people's streams and not interviewing people myself. But I love it, man. and I love coming on and being able to talk fights. It's what I love to do, man. It's awesome.
01:10:28
Speaker
Nice. Cool. Well, I'll hit you up on Instagram again, everybody. Top.BoxingNews. I'll hit you up, and we'll get you on one of our shows on Ball and Buds of these days. Amazing, man. Let's do it. Awesome. ah Josh, 86Boxing, sign off for us, brother.
01:10:43
Speaker
I'll leave Boomer. But what I will say is I'm going to be in Connecticut this weekend for the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame. Shout out to my guy, Joe Cassano, retired pro official.
01:10:57
Speaker
He got back into the amateur officiating game, and he's partly or that in large part responsible responsible for me getting into the officiating game. He's out of Connecticut.
01:11:10
Speaker
He's being inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame, so I'm going to be there to support, show some love to my man, Joe Cassano out there holding it down from Hartford, Connecticut.
01:11:22
Speaker
Hartford Fighting Town as well. You know, we really boil it down. So salute to him. And, hey, I appreciate everyone. Appreciate being able to be on here. Good meeting you, Ian, there. So, hey, hope to continue to connect.
01:11:36
Speaker
Of course, man. Good meeting as well. Make sure you tap in and connect with 86 Boxing on all of your channels. And finally, my streaming partner in crime, Club of D, the Combat G. What's good, brother? This was fun. you know dad Nice meeting you, Ian. Josh, always a pleasure.
01:11:51
Speaker
Omar, always fun. So you know check us out if you haven't added us. take us Take a minute, add us all, you know and and have fun. Watch us all grow. Yep, there you go. And I'd also like to give one last shout out. We did talk about Vaughn Alexander and Maidel Sandoz, so I'd be remiss if I didn't talk about congratulations to the new NBA Cruiserweight Champion Craig Parker and the new WBB.
01:12:16
Speaker
ah Light heavyweight champion blakes William Langston. Both of those fought at Country Box this past week. Shout out to Jimmy Adams, my brother, and all of them over at Country Box.
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01:12:28
Speaker
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01:12:34
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01:12:46
Speaker
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01:12:59
Speaker
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